Journal - How was your break? Review informative writing.
Wednesday
Journal - Why is poetry so awesome? Introduction to poetry - a color poem
Thursday
Journal - Write about poetic devices. Limerick and Personification
Friday
Journal - Why are names important? Journals are Due Read poem "Names" by Billy Collins and discuss imagery and theme.
Week of March 30th
Monday
Journal - Use four vocabulary words in a paragraph.
4Square Vocabulary Activity
Tuesday - Wednesday
Journal - Describe your perfect day. No Journal on Wednesday.
Vocabulary Quiz
Informative Prompt Writing Practice
Thursday
Finish Writing Prompt Review
Study Island Post Test
Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 23rd
Monday
Journal - Write about a natural disaster.
Vocabulary Bitstrip Presenation
Tuesday
Journal - What are some positive things about becoming an apprentice? Name something about which you would like to be an expert.
Introduce Lesson Nine Vocabulary
Wednesday - Thursday
Journals - Wednesday - How do you argue? Thursday - What is something that you couldn't live without?
Argumentative Writing Practice
Friday
Study Island Topics - Spelling and Puncuation
Week of March 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - How was your long break?
Review CDT scores
Review TDA with exemplars, peer review and self-score
Wednesday - Thursday
Journal - What are some important words to know for the PSSA test?
Review domain specific vocabulary.
Create a bitstrip comic that explains teacher assigned domain specific vocabulary words.
Present that bitstrip.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 9th
Monday CDT
Tuesday
Journal -
AR Review
Read Letter to Abigail Williams and respond to PSSA style multiple choice questions
Prepare to complete a TDA
Wednesday
Journal -
Review multiple choice questions
Complete a TDA
Thursday
Review TDA
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of March 2nd
Monday
Journal - Use three vocabulary words in a journal entry.
Review PSSA Rubric
Read exemplars of Narrative Writing
Gallery Walk Narrative Prompt
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will read, in chunks, "The Great White Shark," a selection from the workbook.
Thursday - Friday
CDTs
Week of February 23rd
Monday
Journal - Responses to the vocabulary packet questions. Introduction to Lesson Eight Vocabulary.
Tuesday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts - narrative, argrumentative, and informative. Students will write to a PSSA narrative prompt.
Wednesday
Review PSSA Rubric Peer review narrative prompt. Read examples of different prompts.
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
Study Island
Week of February 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - What makes a winner? Read "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions starting on page 814.
Wednesday
Journal - Summarize what you know about Lance Armstrong.
Review 7 vocabulary quiz and TDA on "Homeless."
Review "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Thursday
Test and TDA on "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Friday
Study Island
Week of February 9th
Monday No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
Tuesday's Journal - Write about being part of a community. Wednesday's Journal - Use three of your vocabulary words in a paragraph. PSSA Prep Question Read and Review "War on the Wall" and respond to the questions in the margin - starting on page 152.
Thursday
No journal
Vocabulary Quiz on Lesson Seven words
Text Dependent Analysis on "War on the Wall."
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 2nd
Monday
Journal - No Journal - Period 2 Period 7 Journal - Snow....WOW! PSSA Prep Question Last day to work on "Brian's Song" essay - due on Tuesday.
Tuesday
Journal - Students will respond to the vocabulary questions. PSSA Prep Question Introduction to Lesson Seven Vocabulary
Wednesday
Journal - Use four of your vocabulary words in a journal entry. Finish "Brian's Song" essay.
Thursday
Journal - What is the cure for unhappiness?
PSSA Prep Question
Return/Review "Brian's Song" quiz - review Text Dependent Analysis and rubric
Students will review/revise "Brian's Song" Text Dependent Analysis.
Friday
Study Island Topics
Week of January 26th
Monday
Journal - What do you expect will be different from the movie, "Brian's Song" from what we read? PSSA Prep Question Introduce Movie project - essay comparing and contrasting the film to the teleplay read in class. Begin movie, "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Journal - What are some differences from the movie and the teleplay? PSSA Prep Question Watch movie, "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - What are some similarities between the movie and the teleplay. PSSA Prep question Watch movie, "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - What is sad? Finish movie, "Brian's Song." Start a rough draft of the essay.
Friday Continue draft of essay. Begin typing on Word 365.
Monday No School
Tuesday
Journal - What do you think will happen to Brian and Gale? Why? PSSA Prep Question Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - What is something that scares you? PSSA Prep Question Finish Part Two. Read "Pic." Read and review selection questions.
Thursday
Finish "Brian's Song."
Review Text Dependent Analysis
Begin test on "Brian's Song."
Friday
Test on "Brian's Song."
Week of January 12th
Monday
Journal - Why do we come to school?
Introduction to PSSA question prep
Review "Brian's Song."
Continue reading Part One of "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Journal - What is important to Brian? What is important to Gale?
PSSA Prep question
Finish Part One of "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - Use four of your vocabulary words in a journal entry.
PSSA Prep question
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - Summarize "Brian's Song."
Unit Six Vocabulary Quiz
PSSA Prep Quesiton
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Friday
No Journal
PSSA Prep Question
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Week of January 5th
Monday
Journal - What is more important, winning or friendship?
Introduction to drama
Begin reading "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Six Vocabulary
Wednesday
Journal - What do we know about Brian and Gale?
Continue reading "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - Summarize "Brian's Song" so far.
Finish Part One of "Brian's Song."
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
Presentation of Bitstrip story to the class.
Wednesday - Friday
Happy Holidays!
Week of December 15th
Monday - Friday
Students will create their own short story and present it as a bitstrip.
Students will have a vocabulary quiz on lesson five on Friday.
Week of December 8th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will be completing a second round of CDT testing.
Thursday
Introduction to Lesson Five Vocabulary.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 2nd
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - What are you thankful for? Share Bitstrip comic and embed on wiki.
Wednesday
Review third person point of view and read "A Retrieved Reformation." Students will respond to the margin questions as they read.
Thursday
Review "A Retrieved Reformation."
Friday
Students will plan and perform a short Third Person Point of View play.
Week of November 24th
Monday - Wednesday
No Journal
Students will be introduced to bitstrips for schools. Students will create an avatar and a comic about one of the elements of short story. They will embed that comic on the class wiki. If they finish early, they will be able to read their AR book and share those comics with classmates.
Week of November 17th
Monday
Journal - What is something you treasure? Review margin questions for "The Scholarship Jacket." Students will complete a graphic organizer on First Person Point of View.
Tuesday
Journal - Describe the five elements of story. Review Graphic Organizer Review for selection test on Wednesday
Wednesday
Selection test on "The Scholarship Jacket."
Thursday - Friday
Journal - Write a paragraph using four of your vocabulary words. Students will complete a writing piece - a speech from Martha at graduation. Students will use their OneDrive to type their writing piece.
Monday
No School - Parent Conferences
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Four vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will read "The Scholarship Jacket" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 3rd
Monday
Students will film themselves presenting their essay as a podcast.
Tuesday
Students will present their podcasts to the class for review.
Wednesday
Introduction to Lesson Four Vocabulary.
Thursday
Students will read the nonsense poem, The Jabberwocky and write their own poem using rhyme, lines and stanzas.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 27th
Monday - Friday
Students will be completing a prewriting, rough draft, a peer review and a publishable draft. When finished, students will create a podcast of their essay.
Week of October 20th
Monday
Margin questions for "Rikki-tikki-tavi" due. We will review the questions and assign a plot triangle for the story.
Tuesday
Review "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and introduce argumentative writing piece on page 162.
Wednesday
Students will have a test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Students will have a class day to plan and draft their argumentative essay - rough draft is due on Monday, October 27th.
Friday
The last Reading Day before the end of the nine weeks.
Week of October 13th
Monday
Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Thursday
Students will read the short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" with a partner. What they do not finish will be homework due on Monday, October 20th.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 6th
Monday
Review "The Last Dog" as a whole class.
Tuesday
Selection test on "The Last Dog."
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will respond to a constructed response and post it on wikispaces.
Friday
Reading Day.
Week of September 29th
Monday - Tuesday
With a partner, students will read "The Last Dog" starting on page 48 and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday
Large group discussion of "The Last Dog."
Thursday
Introduction to constructed response on page 64.
Selection test on "The Last Dog."
Friday
Drafting of constructed response.
Week of September 22nd
Monday - Wednesday
Students will be introduced to computer use in the classroom and will be taking their CDT (Classroom Diagnostic Tool).
Thursday
Students will be introduced to Unit One: Lesson Two Vocabulary.
Friday
Students will have a Reading Day.
Week of September 15th
Monday
Introduction to literature and short story.
Students will review pages 4 and 5 in their interactive workbook and begin reading "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto with a partner.
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will continue to read the selection with a partner.
Thursday
Whole class review of the selection.
Friday
Students will have a test on "Seventh Grade."
Monday - Tuesday
Students will outline their narrative essay and complete a first draft. They are writing about something that happened to them during the first two weeks of school.
Wednesday
Students will respond to a peer's draft.
Thursday
Students decide on revision and start a final copy.
Friday
Introduction to using the computers in the classroom and Study Island Pretest.
Week of September 1st
Monday
Labor Day - No School
Tuesday -
Students will completing their I Am Poem.
Wednesday
Students will present their I Am Poem.
Introduction to the Writing Process and Narrative Writing.
Thursday
Prewriting and Drafting as part of the writing process.
Friday
Introduction to using the computers in the classroom and Study Island Pretest.
Week of August 25th
Monday
Introduction to the class. Students will bring home information for parents including information for Remind.
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson One Vocabulary.
Wednesday
Introduction to "I Am" poem - rough draft due on September 2nd.
Monday
No School - Memorial Day
Tuesday - Thursday
Students will prepare/prewrite/draft/revise/share a fractured fairy tale.
Friday
Review journal writing, fractured fairy tale and good luck for the year!
Week of May 11th
Monday - Friday
Students will continue cross curricular research project with social studies.
Week of May 4th
Monday - Friday
Students will be working on a cross curricular research project with social studies in the library.
Week of April 27th
Monday - Tuesday
Students will finish their poetry book and present it to the class.
Wednesday
Introduction to Research Project and CHoMPing.
Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Week of April 20th
This week, students will be taking the Math PSSA. Because of scheduling, some classes may not meet every day.
Monday
Journal -
Review poetry and poetry assignments completed.
This is Just to Say poetry
Narrative poetry
Introduce poetry book.
Tuesday - Friday
Students will work on their poetry book using storyjumper.com.
Week of April 13th
Over the next two weeks, students will be taking the ELA and Math PSSA tests. Because of scheduling, some classes may not meet every day.
Monday
Journal - What do you need to remember when taking the PSSA test?
PSSA review
Review Names poem from Friday.
Tuesday
Metaphor and Simile
Wednesday
Sound devices - alliteration, rhyme, rhythm, repetition
Thursday
Imagery and a favorite childhood place
Friday
This is Just to Say poetry
Week of April 6th
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday
Journal - How was your break?
Review informative writing.
Wednesday
Journal - Why is poetry so awesome?
Introduction to poetry - a color poem
Thursday
Journal - Write about poetic devices.
Limerick and Personification
Friday
Journal - Why are names important?
Journals are Due
Read poem "Names" by Billy Collins and discuss imagery and theme.
Week of March 30th
Monday
Journal - Use four vocabulary words in a paragraph.
4Square Vocabulary Activity
Tuesday - Wednesday
Journal - Describe your perfect day. No Journal on Wednesday.
Vocabulary Quiz
Informative Prompt Writing Practice
Thursday
Finish Writing Prompt Review
Study Island Post Test
Friday
No School - Easter Break
Week of March 23rd
Monday
Journal - Write about a natural disaster.
Vocabulary Bitstrip Presenation
Tuesday
Journal - What are some positive things about becoming an apprentice? Name something about which you would like to be an expert.
Introduce Lesson Nine Vocabulary
Wednesday - Thursday
Journals - Wednesday - How do you argue? Thursday - What is something that you couldn't live without?
Argumentative Writing Practice
Friday
Study Island Topics - Spelling and Puncuation
Week of March 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - How was your long break?
Review CDT scores
Review TDA with exemplars, peer review and self-score
Wednesday - Thursday
Journal - What are some important words to know for the PSSA test?
Review domain specific vocabulary.
Create a bitstrip comic that explains teacher assigned domain specific vocabulary words.
Present that bitstrip.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of March 9th
Monday
CDT
Tuesday
Journal -
AR Review
Read Letter to Abigail Williams and respond to PSSA style multiple choice questions
Prepare to complete a TDA
Wednesday
Journal -
Review multiple choice questions
Complete a TDA
Thursday
Review TDA
Reading Day
Friday
No School
Week of March 2nd
Monday
Journal - Use three vocabulary words in a journal entry.
Review PSSA Rubric
Read exemplars of Narrative Writing
Gallery Walk Narrative Prompt
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will read, in chunks, "The Great White Shark," a selection from the workbook.
Thursday - Friday
CDTs
Week of February 23rd
Monday
Journal - Responses to the vocabulary packet questions.
Introduction to Lesson Eight Vocabulary.
Tuesday
Introduction to PSSA writing prompts - narrative, argrumentative, and informative.
Students will write to a PSSA narrative prompt.
Wednesday
Review PSSA Rubric
Peer review narrative prompt.
Read examples of different prompts.
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
Study Island
Week of February 16th
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - What makes a winner?
Read "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July" and respond to the margin questions starting on page 814.
Wednesday
Journal - Summarize what you know about Lance Armstrong.
Review 7 vocabulary quiz and TDA on "Homeless."
Review "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Thursday
Test and TDA on "Its Not About the Bike" and "23 Days in July."
Friday
Study Island
Week of February 9th
Monday
No School
Tuesday - Wednesday
Tuesday's Journal - Write about being part of a community.
Wednesday's Journal - Use three of your vocabulary words in a paragraph.
PSSA Prep Question
Read and Review "War on the Wall" and respond to the questions in the margin - starting on page 152.
Thursday
No journal
Vocabulary Quiz on Lesson Seven words
Text Dependent Analysis on "War on the Wall."
Friday
Reading Day
Week of February 2nd
Monday
Journal - No Journal - Period 2
Period 7 Journal - Snow....WOW!
PSSA Prep Question
Last day to work on "Brian's Song" essay - due on Tuesday.
Tuesday
Journal - Students will respond to the vocabulary questions.
PSSA Prep Question
Introduction to Lesson Seven Vocabulary
Wednesday
Journal - Use four of your vocabulary words in a journal entry.
Finish "Brian's Song" essay.
Thursday
Journal - What is the cure for unhappiness?
PSSA Prep Question
Return/Review "Brian's Song" quiz - review Text Dependent Analysis and rubric
Students will review/revise "Brian's Song" Text Dependent Analysis.
Friday
Study Island Topics
Week of January 26th
Monday
Journal - What do you expect will be different from the movie, "Brian's Song" from what we read?
PSSA Prep Question
Introduce Movie project - essay comparing and contrasting the film to the teleplay read in class.
Begin movie, "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Journal - What are some differences from the movie and the teleplay?
PSSA Prep Question
Watch movie, "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - What are some similarities between the movie and the teleplay.
PSSA Prep question
Watch movie, "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - What is sad?
Finish movie, "Brian's Song."
Start a rough draft of the essay.
Friday
Continue draft of essay.
Begin typing on Word 365.
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - What do you think will happen to Brian and Gale? Why?
PSSA Prep Question
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - What is something that scares you?
PSSA Prep Question
Finish Part Two. Read "Pic." Read and review selection questions.
Thursday
Finish "Brian's Song."
Review Text Dependent Analysis
Begin test on "Brian's Song."
Friday
Test on "Brian's Song."
Week of January 12th
Monday
Journal - Why do we come to school?
Introduction to PSSA question prep
Review "Brian's Song."
Continue reading Part One of "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Journal - What is important to Brian? What is important to Gale?
PSSA Prep question
Finish Part One of "Brian's Song."
Wednesday
Journal - Use four of your vocabulary words in a journal entry.
PSSA Prep question
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - Summarize "Brian's Song."
Unit Six Vocabulary Quiz
PSSA Prep Quesiton
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Friday
No Journal
PSSA Prep Question
Part Two of "Brian's Song."
Week of January 5th
Monday
Journal - What is more important, winning or friendship?
Introduction to drama
Begin reading "Brian's Song."
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Six Vocabulary
Wednesday
Journal - What do we know about Brian and Gale?
Continue reading "Brian's Song."
Thursday
Journal - Summarize "Brian's Song" so far.
Finish Part One of "Brian's Song."
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 22nd
Monday - Tuesday
Presentation of Bitstrip story to the class.
Wednesday - Friday
Happy Holidays!
Week of December 15th
Monday - Friday
Students will create their own short story and present it as a bitstrip.
Students will have a vocabulary quiz on lesson five on Friday.
Week of December 8th
Monday - Wednesday
Students will be completing a second round of CDT testing.
Thursday
Introduction to Lesson Five Vocabulary.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of December 2nd
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Journal - What are you thankful for?
Share Bitstrip comic and embed on wiki.
Wednesday
Review third person point of view and read "A Retrieved Reformation." Students will respond to the margin questions as they read.
Thursday
Review "A Retrieved Reformation."
Friday
Students will plan and perform a short Third Person Point of View play.
Week of November 24th
Monday - Wednesday
No Journal
Students will be introduced to bitstrips for schools. Students will create an avatar and a comic about one of the elements of short story. They will embed that comic on the class wiki. If they finish early, they will be able to read their AR book and share those comics with classmates.
Week of November 17th
Monday
Journal - What is something you treasure?
Review margin questions for "The Scholarship Jacket."
Students will complete a graphic organizer on First Person Point of View.
Tuesday
Journal - Describe the five elements of story.
Review Graphic Organizer
Review for selection test on Wednesday
Wednesday
Selection test on "The Scholarship Jacket."
Thursday - Friday
Journal - Write a paragraph using four of your vocabulary words.
Students will complete a writing piece - a speech from Martha at graduation.
Students will use their OneDrive to type their writing piece.
Monday
No School - Parent Conferences
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson Four vocabulary.
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will read "The Scholarship Jacket" and respond to the questions in the margins.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of November 3rd
Monday
Students will film themselves presenting their essay as a podcast.
Tuesday
Students will present their podcasts to the class for review.
Wednesday
Introduction to Lesson Four Vocabulary.
Thursday
Students will read the nonsense poem, The Jabberwocky and write their own poem using rhyme, lines and stanzas.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 27th
Monday - Friday
Students will be completing a prewriting, rough draft, a peer review and a publishable draft. When finished, students will create a podcast of their essay.
Week of October 20th
Monday
Margin questions for "Rikki-tikki-tavi" due. We will review the questions and assign a plot triangle for the story.
Tuesday
Review "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and introduce argumentative writing piece on page 162.
Wednesday
Students will have a test on "Rikki-tikki-tavi."
Thursday
Students will have a class day to plan and draft their argumentative essay - rough draft is due on Monday, October 27th.
Friday
The last Reading Day before the end of the nine weeks.
Week of October 13th
Monday
Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Thursday
Students will read the short story "Rikki-tikki-tavi" with a partner. What they do not finish will be homework due on Monday, October 20th.
Friday
Reading Day
Week of October 6th
Monday
Review "The Last Dog" as a whole class.
Tuesday
Selection test on "The Last Dog."
Wednesday - Thursday
Students will respond to a constructed response and post it on wikispaces.
Friday
Reading Day.
Week of September 29th
Monday - Tuesday
With a partner, students will read "The Last Dog" starting on page 48 and respond to the questions in the margins.
Wednesday
Large group discussion of "The Last Dog."
Thursday
Introduction to constructed response on page 64.
Selection test on "The Last Dog."
Friday
Drafting of constructed response.
Week of September 22nd
Monday - Wednesday
Students will be introduced to computer use in the classroom and will be taking their CDT (Classroom Diagnostic Tool).
Thursday
Students will be introduced to Unit One: Lesson Two Vocabulary.
Friday
Students will have a Reading Day.
Week of September 15th
Monday
Introduction to literature and short story.
Students will review pages 4 and 5 in their interactive workbook and begin reading "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto with a partner.
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will continue to read the selection with a partner.
Thursday
Whole class review of the selection.
Friday
Students will have a test on "Seventh Grade."
Monday - Tuesday
Students will outline their narrative essay and complete a first draft. They are writing about something that happened to them during the first two weeks of school.
Wednesday
Students will respond to a peer's draft.
Thursday
Students decide on revision and start a final copy.
Friday
Introduction to using the computers in the classroom and Study Island Pretest.
Week of September 1st
Monday
Labor Day - No School
Tuesday -
Students will completing their I Am Poem.
Wednesday
Students will present their I Am Poem.
Introduction to the Writing Process and Narrative Writing.
Thursday
Prewriting and Drafting as part of the writing process.
Friday
Introduction to using the computers in the classroom and Study Island Pretest.
Week of August 25th
Monday
Introduction to the class. Students will bring home information for parents including information for Remind.
Tuesday
Introduction to Lesson One Vocabulary.
Wednesday
Introduction to "I Am" poem - rough draft due on September 2nd.
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to the library.